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How AI is changing the rules when it comes to observability
DevOps

How AI is changing the rules when it comes to observability

Short retention windows and heavy sampling could curb AI agents' ability to reason over telemetry as observability shifts beyond human operators.

By Mike Shi Head of Product Observability and Paul Davis Vice President Sales ANZ • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Cisco & McLaren extend partnership across racing & AI
Unified Communications

Cisco & McLaren extend partnership across racing & AI

The renewed deal will keep Cisco's networking and security tools embedded in McLaren's race operations as the teams push into AI.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • 4 days ago
HP expands OpenAI partnership to scale AI across business
DevOps

HP expands OpenAI partnership to scale AI across business

The rollout could speed up support, security fixes and software delivery across a business that channels more than 80% of sales through partners.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Jamf launches Beacon threat-hunting service for Mac
Endpoint Protection

Jamf launches Beacon threat-hunting service for Mac

Rising Mac adoption has left many security teams short of Apple-specific expertise, prompting Jamf to add dedicated threat hunting and investigations.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week
Google Cloud adds Claude Apps Gateway for enterprises
DevOps

Google Cloud adds Claude Apps Gateway for enterprises

The self-hosted gateway gives firms central control over sign-ins, access and costs as Claude Code roll-outs move beyond small developer teams.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Elastic adds native Prometheus support for metrics
DevOps

Elastic adds native Prometheus support for metrics

Cloud-native teams could cut observability bills as Elastic says its rebuilt metrics engine stores data more efficiently and queries up to 30 times faster.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Exabeam expands AI agent security tools with Claude
Security Information and Event Management

Exabeam expands AI agent security tools with Claude

Security teams gain wider visibility into risky AI agent activity as Exabeam doubles behavioural detections and adds Claude telemetry.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week
Jamf launches AI governance for Mac as usage rises
Data Protection

Jamf launches AI governance for Mac as usage rises

Rising use of desktop AI tools on managed Macs is forcing IT teams to tighten controls, reporting and compliance oversight across devices.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
NCC Group & Avertro launch managed cyber risk service
Security Operations Centres

NCC Group & Avertro launch managed cyber risk service

The deal aims to help boards turn cyber data into clearer risk reporting as firms face pressure to prove controls reduce exposure.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Ransomware hits European suppliers as attacks surge 55%
Data Protection

Ransomware hits European suppliers as attacks surge 55%

Supplier breaches are amplifying disruption, with ransomware incidents in Europe rising 55.1% year on year in the first four months of 2026.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Contrivian launches Horizon Plus for remote field links
Disaster Recovery

Contrivian launches Horizon Plus for remote field links

Remote responders and field teams gain a faster way to restore communications where fixed networks are absent or damaged.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Nebius selects Komodor's AI SRE platform for reliability
DevOps

Nebius selects Komodor's AI SRE platform for reliability

The deployment could speed up incident response across Nebius's GPU-heavy AI cloud, where outages can leave costly compute idle and affect customers.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Oh Dear report says most website outages are brief
DevOps

Oh Dear report says most website outages are brief

Most disruptions clear in minutes, but a small number of long outages can still leave sites unreachable for hours and mask real downtime.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Mandiant reveals Cisco SD-WAN zero-day root breach
Network Infrastructure

Mandiant reveals Cisco SD-WAN zero-day root breach

A malicious CSV upload gave an intruder root access to a Cisco SD-WAN management system at a communications provider, Mandiant said.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
New Relic launches startup AI observability programme
Software-as-a-Service

New Relic launches startup AI observability programme

The offer gives early-stage AI startups free monitoring and engineering support as software failures can quickly damage customer trust and funding prospects.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Tsuga raises USD $35 million to expand AI observability
Software-as-a-Service

Tsuga raises USD $35 million to expand AI observability

Rising AI data volumes are forcing observability vendors to rethink pricing and storage as Tsuga wins fresh backing to keep telemetry in-house.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

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Lightrun launches runtime-aware PR verifier for GitHub
DevOps

Lightrun launches runtime-aware PR verifier for GitHub

Software teams could catch regressions before release as the new verifier checks pull requests against live production behaviour inside existing workflow tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month